That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel--one mouth.
that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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That they gathered themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The narrative of the exploits is clear, and what is plainly expressed does not need explanation. Nevertheless, out of these visible things that were done, let us consider the wars and triumphs that the Lord Jesus, our Savior, led, although we may also perceive these things to be visibly fulfilled in him. For the kings of the earth have assembled together, the senate and the people and the leaders of Rome, to blot out the name of Jesus and Israel at the same time. For they have decreed in their laws that there be no Christians.
Tho' they were many kings of different nations, and doubtless of different interests, often at variance with each other, yet they are all determined to unite against Israel. O that Israel would learn this of Canaanites, to sacrifice private interests to the public good, and to lay aside all animosities among themselves, that they may cordially unite against the common enemy.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical
The polite confederacy of the inhabitants of Gibeon with Israel, 1. How it was subtly proposed and petitioned for by the Gibeonites pretending to come from a far country,
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The verses this one reaches12
These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against His Anointed One.’
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Then the messenger who had gone to call Micaiah instructed him, “Behold, with one accord the words of the prophets are favorable to the king. So please let your words be like theirs, and speak favorably.”
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Isaiah 54:15If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
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Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
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Isaiah 8:12“Do not call conspiracy everything these people regard as conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear; do not live in dread.
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But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
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Revelation 16:14These are demonic spirits that perform signs and go out to all the kings of the earth, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.
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They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
